Brunel was being investigated as part of a broad French probe into alleged sexual exploitation of women and girls by Epstein and his circle.
The French agent, Jean-Luc Brunel, was detained Wednesday at Charles de Gaulle airport and was being held in police custody for questioning, the Paris prosecutors' office said.
Best Christmas present ever.”She broke down in tears when the prosecutors' list of suspected sex crimes for which Brunel was detained was read to her over the telephone.
Tears of joy.”Huisman is among at least a dozen people known to have given evidence for the French probe.
One of Epstein’s accusers, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, has alleged that Brunel procured women, some of them minors, for sex with Epstein and other people, luring them with promises of modeling work.